William Jerdan

In 1834 JF became engaged to the popular poet L.E.L . Their nuptials were soon called off by L.E.L when rumours that she had had an affair with William Jerdan resurfaced. Forster pressed for a...

It seems that LEL may have given birth in secret to Ella Stuart , the first of three illegitmate children with William Jerdan .

LEL was strongly suspected of having an extra-marital affair with her mentor and publisher William Jerdan , beginning some time in the early 1820s and extending at least until 1834.

Spiteful rumours resurfaced about her relationship with William Jerdan , and there are reports that William Maginn circulated some compromising letters she had written. Forster pressed her to marry immediately, but instead she broke off...

Thomas Mulock was a poet, essayist, and pamphleteer who published throughout his life. As a young man he wrote articles for the Sun which impressed William Jerdan , and he soon also began producing pamphlets...

They began to build a network of literary friends and potential supporters: Thomas Campbell , Robert Southey , Charles Lamb , editor William Jerdan , and even more helpfully women like Barbara Hofland , Jane

She was introduced to William Wordsworth through her brother , and Wordsworth visited the Hamilton siblings at Dunsink in August 1829. She also knew Maria Edgeworth , Felicia Hemans , and publisher William Jerdan. .

Her literary friends included Alfred Henry Forrester (Alfred Crowquill), for whose album she wrote a poem, and William Jerdan , who gave her valuable advice about her work. She visited with American poet...

At some point, apparently after her career had become well-established, EC received from William Jerdan , editor of the Literary Gazette and an early booster of her work, the advice (which she felt important enough...

The scandalous satirical magazine The Wasp publicly linked LEL with the married William Jerdan , editor of the Literary Gazette, implying that she had recently gone to the country to have his child.

Among much critical condemnation of The Seven Temptations (and particular harshness from William Jerdan ), the Athenæum acknowledged that we have gone through the whole volume with sincere pleasure, and judged that MH exhibited...

Owing in large part to an article in The Wasp on 7 October 1826, reception of LEL's work was adversely affected in some quarters by rumours that her relationship with William Jerdan was sexual and...

On November 1820 the first review of Letters appeared in the Literary Gazette. William Jerdan offered a highly favourable review, and claimed that AEB 's name could be counted among other distinguished female writers.

Family contact with editor and neighbour William Jerdan led to this publication, when the Landons realized their daughter's potential to bring economic gain to the family.